Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rethink
Participle: rethought
Gerund: rethinking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rethink |
| you | rethink |
| he;she;it | rethinks |
| we | rethink |
| you | rethink |
| they | rethink |
Perfect
| I | have rethought |
| you | have rethought |
| he;she;it | has rethought |
| we | have rethought |
| you | have rethought |
| they | have rethought |
Past
| I | rethought |
| you | rethought |
| he;she;it | rethought |
| we | rethought |
| you | rethought |
| they | rethought |
Pluperfect
| I | had rethought |
| you | had rethought |
| he;she;it | had rethought |
| we | had rethought |
| you | had rethought |
| they | had rethought |
Future
| I | will rethink |
| you | will rethink |
| he;she;it | will rethink |
| we | will rethink |
| you | will rethink |
| they | will rethink |
Future Perfect
| I | will have rethought |
| you | will have rethought |
| he;she;it | will have rethought |
| we | will have rethought |
| you | will have rethought |
| they | will have rethought |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rethink |
| you | rethink |
| he;she;it | rethink |
| we | rethink |
| you | rethink |
| they | rethink |
Perfect
| I | have rethought |
| you | have rethought |
| he;she;it | have rethought |
| we | have rethought |
| you | have rethought |
| they | have rethought |
Imperfect
| I | rethought |
| you | rethought |
| he;she;it | rethought |
| we | rethought |
| you | rethought |
| they | rethought |
Pluperfect
| I | had rethought |
| you | had rethought |
| he;she;it | had rethought |
| we | had rethought |
| you | had rethought |
| they | had rethought |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rethink |
| you | would rethink |
| he;she;it | would rethink |
| we | would rethink |
| you | would rethink |
| they | would rethink |
Perfect
| I | would have rethought |
| you | would have rethought |
| he;she;it | would have rethought |
| we | would have rethought |
| you | would have rethought |
| they | would have rethought |
Imperative
| you | rethink |
| we | Let's rethink |
| you | rethink |
Verbs conjugated like 'rethink'
bethink,
methink,
think,
afterthink,
interthink,
outthink,
overthink,
rethink,
umbethink,
underthink,
Verbs similar to 'rethink'
bethink,
methink,
rethank,
athink,
bethank,
forethink,
methinks,
ratfink,
rechunk,
reink,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Italic *wre-
3. Latin re-der.
4. Old French re-bor.
5. Middle English re-
6. English re-
7. Proto-Indo-European *teng-der.
8. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną
9. Proto-West Germanic *þankijan
10. Old English þenċan
11. Middle English thinken
12. English think
13. English rethink
14. From re- + think.
Sample Sentences
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Disability rights advocates are encouraging people to rethink the words "crazy" and "insane" as they stigmatize mental health.
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There's a myth that incest survivors are an extremely small percentage of the gay male community. But that belief is something that needs to be rethought. One in six men (gay and straight) polled in a 1985 Los Angeles Times survey reported being sexually abused before the age of 18. [1991 December 8, Liz Galst, “Gay Male Incest Survivors, Safer Sex, and AIDS”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 21, page 8:]
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But the NCC has been forced to rethink its approach and has already extended the deadline three times, at short notice. [2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN:]